Treatments for Dysautonomias
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1 Treatments for Dysautonomias Successful treatment of dysautonomias usually requires an individualized program, which can change over time. You should understand that since the underlying mechanisms often are not understood well, treatment is likely to involve some trial and error. Non-Drug Treatments Several non-drug treatments are used for different types of dysautonomias. The reasons for a treatment depend on the particular dysautonomia. Sometimes, the responses of a patient to a treatment help the doctor determine the diagnosis. Patients with dysautonomias can feel differently from day to day, even without any clear reason why
2 This means that if a treatment is tried, it may take several days to decideon whether the treatment has helped or not. Elevation of the Head of the Bed In patients who have a fall in blood pressure every time they stand up (orthostatic hypotension), elevation of the head of the bed at night, by a variety of ways, improves the ability to tolerate standing up in the morning. Salt Intake High salt intake tends to increase the volume of fluid in the body. A small percent of this volume is in the bloodstream. Doctors usually recommend a high salt diet for patients with an inability to tolerate prolonged standing (chronic orthostatic intolerance) or a fall in blood pressure during standing (orthostatic hypotension). Normally when a person takes in a high salt diet, the kidneys increase the amount of salt in the urine, and this limits the increase in blood volume. Drugs that promote retention of sodium by the kidneys, such as Florinef, are usually required for high salt intake to increase body fluid volume effectively
3 Meals Eating a big meal leads to shunting of blood toward the gut. In people with dizziness or lightheadedness when they stand up (orthostatic intolerance) or with orthostatic hypotension, it is usually advisable to take frequent small meals. Reducing the amounts of sugars or other carbohydrates in meals may help manage symptoms. Compression Hose Compression hose or other compression garments tend to decrease the amount of pooling of blood in veins when a person stands. This can decrease leakage of fluid from the veins into the tissues and decrease swelling of the feet. In patients with veins that fill up or leak excessively during standing, compression garments can improve toleration of prolonged standing. In patients with a fall in blood pressure during standing (orthostatic hypotension), the problem may be less with the veins than with the arteries and arterioles, the blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood under high pressure to the organs and limbs. Wearing compression garments therefore may be disappointing in the management of orthostatic hypotension
4 Coffee Some patients with dysautonomias feel better drinking caffeinated coffee frequently. Others feel jittery or anxious and avoid caffeinated coffee. Still others notice no effect one way or the other. Temperature Patients with dysautonomias often have an inability to tolerate extremes of external temperature. When exposed to the heat, patients with failure of the sympathetic nervous system may not sweat adequately to maintain the core temperature by evaporation of the sweat. Patients with chronic orthostatic intolerance, such as from postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS), can have heat intolerance because of loss of blood volume by sweating or shunting of blood away from the brain. When exposed to cold, patients with sympathetic nervous system failure may not constrict blood vessels adequately in the skin, so that the body temperature falls (hypothermia). Exercise Patients with dysautonomias sometimes benefit from an exercise training program. Often, however, the training does not decrease the sense of fatigue
5 As a person exercises, the blood vessels carrying oxygenrich blood to the exercising muscle (arteries and arterioles) tend to relax, due at least partly to the accumulation of byproducts of metabolism. The sympathetic nervous system normally counters this tendency, by increasing the tone of the blood vessel walls. The blood flow to the exercising muscle therefore is in a dynamic state of balance. Activation of sympathetic nerves to the heart during exercise increases the force and rate of the heartbeat, and the total amount of blood pumped by the heart in one minute (cardiac output) increases. Meanwhile, like squeezing a tube of toothpaste, pumping of muscle during exercise increases the movement of blood from the limbs back to the heart. The increased metabolic activity tends to increase body temperature, and sweating, which is stimulated importantly by sympathetic nerves to sweat glands, increases the loss of heat by evaporation, helping maintain an appropriate body temperature. If a patient had failure of the sympathetic nervous system, excessive production of byproducts of metabolism, or a form of heart disease where there were an inability to increase the force or rate of the heartbeat, then the blood pressure would fall during exercise, producing a sense of fatigue or exhaustion. After exercise, when muscle pumping ceases, the blood can begin to pool in the legs or abdomen, while the rate of sympathetic nerve traffic falls to the resting rate. If the decline in sympathetic nerve traffic did not balance the decline in production of byproducts of metabolism, then
6 the blood pressure would fall after exercise. At the same time, loss of body fluid via evaporative sweating would decrease the blood volume. Patients with a dysautonomia therefore can feel bad not only during exercise but also after exercise. It is important to stay hydrated and to avoid activities like eating a large meal after exercise, because this can divert already limited blood volume to the gut. Perhaps surprisingly, even vigorously healthy, muscular, lean people can have a susceptibility to faint (neurocardiogenic syncope), and it is unclear if exercise training in general helps them. On the other hand, some patients can improve by isometric calf muscle training, where the patient learns to tense calf muscles when standing. This tends to decrease the amount of pooling of blood in the legs. Pacemakers and Sinus Node Ablation Insertion of a pacemaker in the heart can help patients with neurocardiogenic syncope or POTS. This is an area of active research and some controversy. In some patients with neurocardiogenic syncope, having a pacemaker inserted may not be a cure, because the low pulse rate at the time of fainting might not cause and might even be the result of low blood flow to the brain. On the other hand, a sudden absence of electrical activity in the heart produces loss of consciousness within seconds, and in this setting a pacemaker could be curative
7 Some patients who have a very fast pulse rate undergo destruction of the sinus node pacemaker cells in the heart (sinus node ablation). The doctor must be sure that the fast pulse rate results from a problem with the heart and does not result from a compensation by the sympathetic nervous system for another problem, such as low blood volume, because eliminating the compensation could make the patient worse rather than better. Neurosurgery Some patients with chronic orthostatic intolerance have a type of change in the brainstem called Chiari malformation. This is an anatomic abnormality where part of the brainstem falls below the hole in the skull between the brain and spinal cord. Neurosurgery can correct the malformation, but the orthostatic intolerance does not necessarily disappear. This is a controversial topic, and we recommend that patients seek a second opinion before agreeing to this procedure. Constipation or Urinary Retention Patients with failure of the parasympathetic nervous system can have problems with constipation and retention of urine in the bladder. The constipation is treated nonspecifically, with stool softeners, bulk laxatives, and if needed milk of magnesia, magnesium citrate, senna, or cascara. Urinary retention can be associated with urinary urgency and incontinence. Drugs that stimulate receptors for acetylcholine, such as urecholine, might be tried
8 Often patients with autonomic failure must learn to selfcatheterize to empty the bladder, by inserting a plastic or rubber tube into the urethra and then into the bladder, in order to obtain relief. Water Drinking A relatively recently described tactic to increase blood pressure in patients with autonomic failure is to drink 16 ounces of water or other fluid. Why water drinking should increase blood pressure in patients with autonomic failure, when doing so does not affect the blood pressure of healthy people, remains unclear. Patients with chronic orthostatic intolerance, neurocardiogenic syncope, or POTS often keep a water container with them and sip from it repeatedly during the day. This habit might indicate a tendency to dehydration and low blood volume, but the meaning of what we call the water bottle sign remains unproven
9 Drug Treatments Several drug treatments are used for dysautonomias. Some of them are powerful or can produce bad effects. Patients should take medications only under the supervision of a doctor with expertise and experience in the treatment of dysautonomias. Fludrocortisone (Florinef ) Florinef is a man-made type of drug called a saltretaining steroid, or mineralocorticoid. Florinef closely resembles the body s main salt-retaining steroid, which is aldosterone. Florinef must be taken with a high-salt diet to work. Florinef forces the kidneys to retain sodium, in exchange for potassium. Water follows the sodium, and so Florinef is thought to increase the blood volume. The patient gains fluid weight, and blood pressure increases. Because of the tendency of Florinef to waste potassium, Florinef can cause a fall in the serum potassium level, which if severe can be dangerous. Patients taking Florinef should have periodic checks of their serum potassium level, and if it is low take a potassium supplement
10 Aldosterone OH O OH O O OH OH OH O O F Fludrocortisone (Florinef ) Florinef forces the body to retain salt. Florinef given to patients with chronic autonomic failure can cause or worsen high blood pressure when the patient is lying down. Sometimes the doctor faces a difficult dilemma, balancing the long-term increased risk
11 of stroke, heart failure, or kidney failure from high blood pressure against the immediate risk of fainting or falling from orthostatic hypotension. Beta-Adrenoceptor Blockers The main chemical messenger of the sympathetic nervous system is norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and of the adrenomedullary hormonal system is epinephrine (adrenaline). Norepinephrine and epinephrine produce their effects by binding to specific receptors on the target cells, such as heart muscle cells. There are two types of receptors for norepinephrine and epinephrine, called alpha-adrenoceptors and beta-adrenoceptors. Epinephrine (adrenaline), which stimulates both alphaadrenoceptors and beta-adrenoceptors, produces vasoconstriction in most parts of the body, such as the skin, due to stimulation of alpha-adrenoceptors, but with the important exception of the skeletal muscle, where the blood vessels relax, due to stimulation of betaadrenoceptors. Because of the relaxation of the blood vessels in skeletal muscle, stimulation of betaadrenoceptors tends to decrease the total peripheral resistance. Stimulation of beta-adrenoceptors also produces powerful effects on the heart, increasing the force and rate of the heartbeat. Because of the effects on the heart, the amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute (cardiac output) increases, and this increases the blood pressure when the heart is contracting, the systolic blood pressure
12 There are at three types of beta-adrenoceptors, called beta-1, beta-2, and beta-3. Beta-1 adrenoceptors and beta-2 adrenoceptors are present in the human heart, and stimulation of these receptors produces about the same effects. In contrast, beta-2 adrenoceptors are much more abundant in skeletal muscle blood vessels than are beta-1 adrenoceptors. This difference may be relevant to the treatment of neurocardiogenic syncope, as explained below. Beta-adrenoceptor blockers decrease the pulse rate, the force of heart contraction, and the systolic blood pressure. In patients with rapid pulse rates, associated with a sense of pounding or irregular beating of the heart (palpitations) or chest pain, beta-adrenoceptor blockers decrease the heart rate and can help relieve the pain and prevent abnormal heartbeats or heart rhythms; however, in patients where the chest pain results from stimulation of alpha-adrenoceptors in the coronary arteries, betaadrenoceptor blockers may not help the pain. These drugs also are commonly used to treat long-term high blood pressure (hypertension). Because of decreased systolic blood pressure and heart rate, the rate of consumption of oxygen by the heart decreases, and this can help patients with coronary artery disease
13 Non-Selective Selective Propranolol (Inderal ) Atenolol (Tenormin ) Nadolol (Corgard ) Metoprolol (Toprol ) Timolol (Blocadren ) Betaxolol (Kerlone ) Here are some beta-blockers. All betablockers decrease the rate and force of the heartbeat. In patients with postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS), the value of treatment with beta-adrenoceptor blockers may depend on whether the rapid pulse rate when the patient stands up reflected a primary or compensatory response. If the rapid pulse rate were a compensation for another problem, such as low blood volume due to bleeding, then blocking that compensation would not help the patient. But if the rapid pulse rate were the result
14 of an inappropriate, excessive rate of sympathetic nerve traffic to the heart, then blocking the effects of the excessive nerve traffic would help the patient. There are two types of beta-adrenoceptor blockers, selective and non-selective. Selective beta-adrenoceptor blockers block beta-1 adrenoceptors, and non-selective beta-adrenoceptor blockers block both beta-1 adrenoceptors and beta-2 adrenoceptors. A potentially important difference between these drugs is that nonselective beta-adrenoceptor blockers block the beta-2 adrenoceptors in blood vessel walls of skeletal muscle, whereas beta-1 adrenoceptor blockers do not. In patients with neurocardiogenic syncope and high levels of epinephrine in the bloodstream, the epinephrine might stimulate beta-2 adrenoceptors on blood vessels in skeletal muscle. This would relax the blood vessels, decreasing the resistance to blood flow. This in turn could shunt blood away from the brain and towards the limbs, contributing to lightheadedness or loss of consciousness. In such patients, non-selective betaadrenoceptor blockers might be preferable to selective blockers. Midodrine (Proamatine ) Midodrine (Proamatine ) is a relatively new drug that tightens blood vessels throughout the body. That is, it is a vasoconstrictor. Midodrine works by stimulating alphaadrenoceptors in blood vessel walls
15 Midodrine (Proamatine ) is used to treat conditions where there is a failure to tighten blood vessels appropriately, such as when a patient stands up. When a person stands up, the sympathetic nervous system is normally activated reflexively, the chemical messenger norepinephrine is released from the sympathetic nerve terminals in blood vessel walls, the norepinephrine binds to alpha-adrenoceptors in the blood vessel walls, and the stimulation of the alpha-adrenoceptors causes the blood vessels to constrict (vasoconstriction), increasing the blood pressure. Midodrine acts like an artificial form of norepinephrine, by stimulating alpha-adrenoceptors directly. In some patients with a fall in blood pressure when they stand up (orthostatic hypotension), the cause is a loss of sympathetic nerve terminals, so that there is little or no norepinephrine to release. In this situation, the alphaadrenoceptors on the cells in blood vessel walls accumulate on the cell surface, and the blood vessels become supersensitive (denervation supersensitivity). In these patients, midodrine can be very effective in raising the blood pressure. In using midodrine to treat elderly men with orthostatic hypotension, the doctor should be aware that stimulation of alpha-adrenoceptors can worsen symptoms of prostate problems, such as urinary retention, urgency, and decreased urinary stream. Alpha-1 adrenoceptor blockers are effective in treating benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), and alpha-1 adrenoceptors blockers interfere with midodrine
16 Blood Vessel Smooth Muscle BP a 1 MIDODRINE BLOODSTREAM Midodrine works like artificial norepinephrine, increasing blood pressure (BP) by stimulating alpha-adrenoceptors in blood vessel walls
17 Clonidine There are two types of alpha-adrenoceptors, called alpha-1 and alpha-2. Stimulation of either type of receptor in blood vessel walls causes the vessels to constrict (vasoconstriction). Clonidine stimulates alpha-2 adrenoceptors. Stimulation of alpha-2 adrenoceptors in the brain decreases the rate of sympathetic nerve traffic. Stimulation of alpha-2 adrenoceptors on sympathetic nerve terminals decreases the amount of release of the chemical messenger, norepinephrine, from the terminals. Therefore, even though clonidine stimulates a type of alphaadrenoceptor, clonidine normally decreases blood pressure. Clonidine works both in the brain and outside the brain. It decreases the blood pressure and often causes drowsiness. There are several uses of clonidine in the diagnosis and treatment of dysautonomias. In the clonidine suppression test, discussed in the section about tests for dysautonomias, clonidine is used to separate high blood pressure due to increased sympathetic nervous system activity from high blood pressure due to a tumor that produces norepinephrine and epinephrine, called pheochromocytoma. In patients with long-term high blood pressure (hypertension) due to excessive release of
18 norepinephrine from sympathetic nerve terminals (hypernoradrenergic hypertension), clonidine can be very effective in lowering the blood pressure. Clonidine is also effective in treating withdrawal from some addictive drugs. Clonidine usually causes drowsiness and often causes a dry mouth. The sedation from clonidine can limit its use. Yohimbine When alpha-2 adrenoceptors in the brain are blocked, this increases sympathetic nerve traffic and increases the amount of norepinephrine release for a given amount of sympathetic nerve traffic. Yohimbine blocks alpha-2 adrenoceptors in the brain and on sympathetic nerve terminals, and so it releases norepinephrine from the terminals. The released norepinephrine binds to alpha-1 adrenoceptors in blood vessel walls. This causes the blood pressure to increase. Even though yohimbine blocks alpha-2 adrenoceptors in blood vessel walls, the drug releases so much norepinephrine, and there are so many alpha-1 adrenoceptors in blood vessel walls, that normally yohimbine increases the plasma norepinephrine level and increases the blood pressure. In patients with chronic autonomic failure and an inability to regulate sympathetic nerve traffic to intact
19 BRAIN Sympathetic Nerve Endings Uptake-1 NE a 2 Blood Vessel Smooth Muscle Cells NE a 1 BP a 2 a 2 Yohimbine Yohimbine BLOODSTREAM Yohimbine works both in the brain and outside the brain. The drug increases blood pressure and the state of alertness
20 terminals, such as in the Shy-Drager syndrome, yohimbine releases norepinephrine from the terminals and effectively increases the blood pressure. In patients with neurocardiogenic syncope, yohimbine may prevent episodes of fainting. Yohimbine can cause trembling, paleness of the skin, goosebumps, hair standing out, an increase in salivation, or emotional changes. Oral yohimbine is approved as a prescription drug to treat impotence from erectile dysfunction in men. Yohimbine, in the form of yohimbe bark, can be purchased in health food stores. Intravenous Saline Inability to tolerate prolonged standing can result from low blood volume, excessive pooling of blood in the veins of the legs during standing, or exit of fluid from the blood vessels into the tissues during standing (extravasation). In these situations, infusion of physiological saline solution can temporarily improve the ability to tolerate standing up. This is also useful for diagnostic purposes. Some patients with chronic orthostatic intolerance benefit from intravenous saline infusion given repeatedly by way of a permanent intravenous catheter
21 Saline infusion temporarily increases blood volume. Amphetamines Amphetamines are chemicals that resemble the drug, dextro-amphetamine, or d-amphetamine. Amphetamines are in a class of drugs called indirectly acting sympathomimetic amines. They produce their effects at least partly by increasing delivery of norepinephrine to its receptors, both in the brain and outside the brain. By way of effects in the brain, amphetamines increase the state of arousal and attention, prevent or reverse fatigue, decrease appetite, and at high doses increase the rate and depth of breathing. By way of effects on the sympathetic nervous system, they increase blood pressure. Pseudephedrine (Sudafed ) is structurally a mirror image (stereoisomer) of ephedrine. This difference changes the properties of the drug, producing much less central nervous system stimulation. By releasing norepinephrine from sympathetic nerve terminals in the mucous membranes of the nasal airways, pseudephedrine tightens blood vessels, making them less leaky and thereby relieving nasal congestion
22 O OCH 3 b a NH 2 N CH 3 AMPHETAMINE METHYLPHENIDATE a N OH CH 3 b a N CH 3 CH 3 CH 3 EPHEDRINE METHAMPHETAMINE OH a NH 2 b a NH 2 CH 3 PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE CH 3 PHENTERMINE CH 3 Amphetamines work both inside and outside the brain. They increase attention, decrease appetite, interfere with sleep, and often increase the blood pressure
23 Methylphenidate (Ritalin ), another sympathomimetic amine, is used commonly to treat attention deficithyperactivity disorder. Phenylpropanolamine (PPE) until relatively recently was used in over-the-counter diet pills, until the discovery of serious adverse effects such as severe high blood pressure and stroke. Phentermine prescribed with fenfluramine ( Phen-Fen ) was an effective combination to decrease weight, until serious adverse effects of this combination came to light. In treating patients with dysautonomias, amphetamines should be used sparingly, because of the potential for tolerance and dependence. In patients with sympathetic neurocirculatory failure from abnormal regulation of sympathetic nerve traffic to intact sympathetic nerve terminals, this type of drug releases norepinephrine from the terminals and increases the blood pressure. Some patients with chronic orthostatic intolerance, such as neurocardiogenic syncope, can improve. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) SSRIs inhibit a key process that is required for inactivating and recycling the chemical messenger, serotonin. The process is reuptake of released serotonin back into the nerve terminals that store it. SSRIs are widely used to treat depression, anxiety, and other
24 psychiatric or emotional problems. They are also used to treat some forms of dysautonomias. Procrit (Erythropoietin) Procrit (Erythropoietin) is a particular hormone that is used as a drug. Erythropoietin in the body is released into the bloodstream by the kidneys and acts on the bone marrow to increase the production of red blood cells. Procrit therefore is helpful to treat low red blood cell counts (anemia), such as in kidney failure. Anemic patients look pale and feel tired. By mechanisms that remain incompletely understood, Procrit tends to increase the blood pressure. Some doctors prescribe Procrit to treat low blood pressure in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome who have a low red blood cell count. L-Dihydroxyphenylserine (L-DOPS) L-Dihydroxyphenylserine (L-DOPS) is a type of chemical called an amino acid. It is very closely related chemically to L-dihydroxyphenylalanine (Levodopa, L-DOPA), which is an effective drug to treat Parkinson s disease. L- DOPA works by being converted in the brain to the catecholamine, dopamine. L-DOPS works by being converted to the closely related catecholamine, norepinephrine. Since norepinephrine is the chemical messenger of the sympathetic nervous system, L-DOPS can provide norepinephrine even in the absence of sympathetic nerve terminals
25 BRAIN NE LAAAD Sympathetic Nerve Endings Uptake-1 Blood Vessel Smooth Muscle Cells VMAT VMAT NE NE a 1 NE BP LAAAD LAAAD L-DOPS L-DOPS BLOODSTREAM L-DOPS is converted to norepinephrine both inside and outside the brain
26 L-DOPS could increase delivery of norepinephrine to its receptors by at least three mechanisms. One is from uptake of L-DOPS into cells such as in blood vessel walls, followed by conversion of L-DOPS to norepinephrine that is speeded up by the enzyme, L- aromatic-amino-acid decarboxylase (LAAAD). The norepinephrine exits the cells and binds to its receptors on the cell membrane. A second mechanism is from uptake of L-DOPS into sympathetic nerve terminals, again followed by conversion of L-DOPS to norepinephrine. The norepinephrine is taken up into storage vesicles and released in response to sympathetic nerve traffic. The norepinephrine exits the nerve terminals and binds to its receptors on cells in blood vessel walls. A third mechanism is from L-DOPS entering the brain, followed by conversion of L-DOPS to norepinephrine. The norepinephrine stimulates an increase in the rate of sympathetic nerve traffic, resulting in release of norepinephrine from the sympathetic nerve terminals. By all three mechanisms, L-DOPS administration would lead to stimulation of alphaadrenoceptors in blood vessel walls, causing the vessels to constrict and increasing the blood pressure. L-DOPS is currently an investigational drug. It has great promise to treat a fall in blood pressure when the patient stands up (orthostatic hypotension) or prevent fainting. A potential problem with using L-DOPS to treat orthostatic hypotension in patients with Parkinson s disease is that the patients often are treated at the same time with Sinemet. Sinemet is a combination of L- DOPA and carbidopa. The carbidopa interferes with the
27 conversion of L-DOPA to dopamine. Since carbidopa does not enter the brain, the combination results in increased delivery of DOPA to the brain and increased production of dopamine. Carbidopa also interferes with the conversion of L-DOPS to norepinephrine. This would be expected to prevent or blunt the hoped-for increase in blood pressure by L-DOPS treatment. Bethanecol (Urecholine ) Bethanecol is a drug that stimulates receptors for acetylcholine, the chemical messenger of the parasympathetic nervous system. Urecholine increases production of saliva, increases gut activity, and increases urinary bladder tone. Bethanecol increases the muscle tone of the bladder, digestive motions of the gut, and salivation. It may be useful to treat urinary retention or constipation in patients with chronic autonomic failure, but no formal study of this has been reported yet
28 Drug Florinef =Fludrocortisone Proamatine =Midodrine Beta-Blocker Procrit (=erythropoietin) Amphetamines Desmopressin NSAID Octreotide SSRI Tricyclic Xanax (=Alprazolam) Catapres (=Clonidine) Urecholine (=Bethanecol) Yohimbine Goal of Treatment Increase blood volume Increase blood pressure Tighten blood vessels Increase blood pressure Prevent fainting Decrease heart rate Decrease blood pressure Decrease adrenaline effects Prevent fainting Increase blood count Increase blood pressure Tighten blood vessels Increase alertness Tighten blood vessels Tighten blood vessels Tighten blood vessels in gut Improve mood, allay anxiety Improve mood Increase sense of calmness Improve sleep Decrease blood pressure Improve sleep Increase salivation Improve gut action Improve urination Increase blood pressure Different centers use different drugs from a long menu to treat dysautonomias
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